Tamer of the Tempest

Item#021: Tamer of the Tempest			,
Size	3.5 meters (assembly)	Type	Mechanic
Living	No	Sentient	No
Hazards	Improper handling of the article	Gear	The one described in the Deluge Protocol
Location	Deep Storage Sector, Base-7	Anomaly	Manipulation of an Elemental Entity Invocation of a Type IV Gestal Entity

The article during its discovery on the roof of the Church of ███ ██████.

Use

The item must be placed in a 4 x 5 meter stainless steel metal container. It must be handled only by the Item Specialist on duty. Once assembled and set in the indicated position, the levers and mechanisms of the item will be manipulated in the correct permutations to activate its anomalous elements. After use, it must be returned to its container and back to anomalous item storage. From ██/██/2020 the item must be removed following the Deluge Protocol. Use of the item can only be carried by Gamma Level personnel.

Report

It is an iron and steel artifact. It is partially similar to a weather vane, with four spear-shaped ends pointing north, south, east, and west. Besides this, the only other immovable element is a vertical eye-shaped decoration on top. The entire rest of the artifact is comprised of levers, handles, tubes, discs, antennas, and other exemptions that can be moved and repositioned throughout the artifact. All parts of the artifact are engraved with glyphs of unknown meaning and purpose. When the item is fully assembled, the entity from now on designated Apex-Grey Maelstrom will manifest.

The Apex-Grey Maelstrom entity during item activation in SPEAR mode.

Apex-Grey Maelstrom is a dense nimbus cloud-like entity composed primarily of hydrogen, oxygen, and ice crystals. It is maintained at a moderate ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure and is capable of modifying its molecules to take on a more solid form at will. It can absorb any type of matter and its volume can grow in size in correlation with the amount of matter it absorbs. The entity will always manifest itself over 100 meters from the Item, regardless of the position it is in.

If the levers, tubes, and other elements on the Item are placed in a certain position, certain basic commands can be given to the Apex-Grey Maelstrom entity. Each of these permutations has been given a code name for exclusive use by the team that wields it during the application of the Deluge Protocol.

Key Name	Effect	Notes
MONSOON	The cloud increases in size until it is just over 1.5 km long. The cloud will then release a torrent of rain with winds of 80 km/h. This will continue for as long as the permutation in the Article is maintained.	used by Insurgent personnel to cover organized attacks and decimate enemy forces.
BOLIDO	The cloud changes shape like in the MONSOON permutation, but now releases a shower of hail, with the ice crystals being 50 cm and pointed in shape.	Used as an aerial attack and counterattack element in enemy excursions.
SPEAR	The cloud grows even larger and takes on a dark hue. It will begin generating electrical bolts that generate over 20 billion joules of energy that will directly strike any living being below it and its surroundings. If there are no living beings, it will attack the nearest structures.	This is the first permutation in which the entity specifically attacks living beings. It is only used for attacks on large scale enemy forces. Insurgent personnel must be away from the surrounding area by at least 2 km when this permutation is activated.
CAPE	The cloud condenses itself but without losing its mass. It then begins to drop a thick fog that seems to move of its own volition, covering all the surrounding terrain.	Used as a camouflage method to cover large attack groups.
ARDOR	The cloud takes on a grey-greenish hue, with several thunderbolts shining within it. A few seconds later it will release an acid rain with a Ph of ███ capable of melting metal and asphalt.	It is only used to eliminate enemy combat units, rarely used against enemy personnel. This is mostly due to changes in wind direction that can lead to collateral damage to Insurgent personnel.

Those handling the item or within 15 feet of it will not suffer the effects of the displayed anomalies, being protected from the elements by an invisible barrier of unknown origin. It is believed that this is designed on purpose so that the effects of the cloud do not cause collateral damage to the item itself.

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[+] Appendix: Discovery

Symbol found at the entrance of the bunker.

Appendix: Discovery

The item was found on top of the ███ ██████ Church in ████, Argentina. The Church was apparently used as a front to hide a secret bunker that was used by prominent members of GoI-023: OBSKURA. Based on the files found, these members are descendants of Nazi generals who escaped from Germany to South America after World War II.

Among the contingent were a good number of members of the Obskuracorps, who had already begun to create secret bases throughout South America during the cooperation negotiations between Nazi representatives and the Mexican government in 1941.

In 1947, members of OBSKURA began an experiment in Brazil using an anomaly that could scan alternate dimensions for specific entities as part of a dimensional probing project. It is believed that they also used a prototype of the item that served as a beacon to guide such entities to our home dimension. The experiment was apparently stopped by the Global Occult Coalition during their search for Nazi fugitives in South America, who destroyed the anomaly before it could attract the entity.

In 2017, descendants of these members resumed the experiment in Argentina using the current modified version of the Item, even being able to partially control it. This time the experiment was successful and the entity was summoned¹. However, the members of OBSKURA eventually lost control of the entity during a recalibration of the Article. It is unknown what brought about this event.

The GOC again interfered to stop the entity, this time using a kind of Aerial Combat Drone that fought against the entity until it was neutralized. However, the GOC seems to have ignored the existence of the Article by having focused all its effort on finishing the entity: It is believed that this was a combination of the use of cloaking anomalies² by OBSKURA to prevent the GOC's PHYSICS Division team from identifying the location of the Item. The whereabouts of the remaining members of OBSKURA and the reason why they left the bunker with the Item are unknown at this time.

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[+] List of Operations

List of Operations

Last Updated on 03/12/2020

Operation Bruma

Status: Successful.

Summary: Attack on a safe house of members of the █████ Cartel, in Veracruz. Operatives deployed the Apex-Grey Maelstrom entity at 1500 hours, 2 km from the objective. The Article was configured in MONZON to clear the area and force the cartel members to enter the safe house itself. Later at 1600 hours it was configured in CAPA mode to cover the arrival of two Special Teams to attack the site and finish off the ██ members there.

Acquisition: 90,000 in paper money and 3,000,000 in drugs and weapons.

Operation Miojir

Status: Successful.

Summary: Strike on the remaining GoI-███: Crimson Hammer forces in ██████, Mexico, who escaped the Insurgency's attacks on their headquarters during Operation Sledgehammer. The Item was placed 3.5 km away from the area and set to BOLIDE mode³ in a continuous attack on the forest area where the remaining members were hiding; the attack started at 1200 and lasted three (3) hours. The survivors of the attack were easily taken prisoner by the Special Teams sent later.

Acquisition: A warehouse with more than four dozen weapons, two Minor Anomalies and information on at least four (4) Anomalies of Interest.

Operation Bruma II

Status: Successful.

Summary Attack on a temporary Foundation Site-██ in Palenque, Chiapas. Observation Post #12 was placed 10 km from the Site and the Item was assembled there. The attack was carried out on ██/08/2020 with the help of three (3) Special Teams that included the Logistics Support Team "The Squires." The attack was carried out at 0300 with a consecutive attack on the south and west flank, with the arrival of the troops being covered by CAPA mode. At 0500, and after confirming the absence of any potential anomaly, the SPEAR mode was used to destroy the Site in its entirety.

Acquisition: Documentation on various Harddrives and Security Codes from two (2) Foundation Sites in North America.

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[+] Incident Maelstrom-01

[DATA DELETED].

Maelstrom Incident-01

On ██/10/2020, a training of the Insurgent combat units with the Apex-Grey Maelstrom entity was carried out, which had been taking place every month by order of Delta Command to accustom the troops to the presence of the entity.

During the training, an intruder managed to bypass security and eliminate the operators of the Item, in which the intruder, a presumed Blue Type, began recording himself performing a ritualistic work that seems to have compromised control in the Apex-Grey Maelstrom entity.

The Apex-Grey Maelstrom entity began to grow in size until it reached the form of a stratocumulus cloud approximately 3.5 kilometers across that seemed to emanate rays of light at random intervals. Soon the entity began to manifest a more solid state as well as various physiological characteristics such as eyes, mouths⁴ and tentacles⁵.

The entity then began to engulf all Insurgent personnel in the area with its tentacles and proceeded to [DATA EXPUNGED] with its multiple mouths. This event lasted for about ten (10) minutes during which the entity began to grow in size as more organic matter was absorbed by it.

A Special Team was sent to provide support, but there were difficulties in confronting the entity due to its large size. Authorization was finally given to send Item#███:████ ████████ which immediately went into ████████ mode just seconds after taking off⁶. Item #███ had to use its █████ ability twice in order to penetrate the entity's thick shell, then the fire of over 2000 C° generated by Item #███ burned the surrounding oxygen, consuming the entity's form until it completely disappeared.

The Special Team sent dismantled Item #021, but was unable to find any trace of the intruder. Based on some [DATA EXPUNGED] nature marks found on the Item, it is believed that the intruder is somehow related to PoI-███: Grais Arras. More information is being investigated.

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Since the incident, the summoning of the Apex-Grey entity Maelstrom has resulted in it manifesting in its new form, proving difficult to control with the aid of the Item. The Department of Thaumatology and Occult Artifacts, with the aid of Item#012 discovered that the glyphs found in Item#021 were a Sanskrit version of the ██████ language used on Page ██ of Item#012 detailing the existence of the entity, here named "█████-██-███"⁷ or "The One Who Envelops All." The Department managed to improvise some Control Seals that were engraved on the Item and returned partial control of the entity.

Since then the Apex-Grey Maelstrom entity has been able to be controlled to a greater extent, but the time of its usefulness has been limited because the longer it is activated, the more difficult it becomes to control. Likewise, the Apex-Grey Maelstrom entity has manifested a new class of abilities along with the previous ones.

Key Name	Effect	Notes
ACRE	The cloud takes on a similar coloration to the ARDOR form, but eventually turns completely greenish. It releases acidic rain but with much more precipitation; upon hitting the ground, the droplets release a vapor that causes the same effects as acid, which eventually condenses until it covers all the space beneath the entity.	Large amounts of radiation emanate from the cloud during this form; use of this mode requires biohazard suits.
CLOT	The cloud takes on a completely dark shape and begins to rain blood. This blood appears to carry a virus that only affects those who come into direct contact with it, causing them to enter a state of aggressive anemia that bleeds them out in ██ minutes.	Samples of the blood studied show that it is human, but with no known lineage on Earth and with a low number of white blood cells. The blood appears to carry some kind of toxin that has not been possible to identify.
TIBIA	The entity begins to rain down bone fragments, these are thrown at a speed of ██ km/h and their impact is capable of piercing through their targets including concrete. These bones appear to infect organisms with an anomalous disease known as [DATA EXPUNGED]8.	Use of this mode can only be carried out in coordination with the Controlled Biological Response Team "Eco Terrorist".
IMP	The entity begins to manifest light within itself. It then releases dozens of small humanoid entities (referred to as Prime-Grey) that are black in color with bat-like wings, clawed arms and legs, and are faceless except for two eyeless sockets. These entities carry human targets into the cloud and do not emerge for the duration of the mode.	Prime-Grey entities do not distinguish between their targets and insurgent personnel. Precautions should be taken when using this mode.
BACHANNEL	The entity manifests lights within itself. Then hundreds of tentacles manifest in thousands taking each of the living beings under the cloud to [DATA EXPUNGED BY ORDER OF DELTA COMMAND].	Use of this mode can only be carried out by order of Delta Command and following the steps of the Deluge Protocol.
RAGNAROK	[FILE CLOSED]	Due to its potential to cause a possible End of the World Scenario this mode has been discontinued.

During all of these permutations the entity maintains its eldritch characteristics and the entity has never been seen to revert back to its original state. The barrier still has the same protective effects, but it has been noted that the range appears to reduce the longer the item is activated.

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[Γ] DELUGE PROTOCOL - Gamma Authorization Required

Deluge Protocol

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The following document explains the steps that Article #21 operators must use whenever it is deployed in action. Anyone reading this document is responsible for the use and containment of Article #21 no matter the circumstances. Failure to follow the steps outlined in the Deluge Protocol may lead to disciplinary action ranging from physical punishment to immediate termination.

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PERSONNEL

• Two Operators (2)
• Three Technicians (3)
• One Thaumaturgical Specialist (1)

EQUIPMENT

• Standard machine gun.
• Portable radio.
• Standard protective suits must be worn at all times.
• Biohazard suits and silicon nanotube and rubber electrostatically resistant suits must be on hand.
• Two (2) fire extinguishers.
• Two (2) vaccines of ████████ per person against virulent diseases of anomalous nature.
• Four (4) lightning rods.

TIME
Each use of the Item must last between ten (10) minutes minimum and thirty (20) minutes maximum. Each new mode activated by each permutation must last a maximum of seven (5) minutes. Only two permutations are allowed per mission, unless otherwise ordered by Delta Command. Each one (1) minute that passes is equivalent to ten (10) centimeters being reduced in the protection area of ​​the Item and putting the personnel on duty at greater risk.

STORAGE
The Item must be placed in its two special 1x2 meter Psionic Metal containers, being separated into two equal parts in proportion. Each one will be stored in the Deep Storage Sector of Base-7, under the Black Lock Code.

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BACCHANNEL MODE
BACCHANNEL Mode is not an optional mode: It is actually the primary state that the Apex-Grey Maelstrom entity is in when summoned. In order to use the entity's abilities, it must be "fed" to make it functional. The Apex-Grey Maelstrom entity requires a minimum of ten (10) individuals to be fed per summon and one (1) to activate one of its modes. It is fed with either experienced people or prisoners. Not feeding the entity with the ten individuals after summoning it causes it to enter its RAGNAROK state. This must be prevented by all means, even if it requires the sacrifice of the Insurgent personnel on duty.

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Original: Domador de la Tempestad
Date: 1 Jul 2020
Author: Yorick1
Translator: Yorick1

Notas al pie

1. It is unknown whether this entity is actually the Apex-Grey Maelstrom itself or a similar entity.

2. A damaged version of these was found next to the Article during its recovery.

3. Although the use of the SPEAR mode was suggested, the likelihood of starting a fire and drawing the attention of authorities, and the Foundation, led Central Command to rule out its use.

4. The eyes seemed to be blind and the mouths did not emit any kind of sound.

5. They varied in size with some appendages at least two to three meters and others at least 45 meters to 90 meters.

6. It is believed that Item #███ was aware of the type of threat the entity posed.

7. Esoteric name erased for information security reasons.

8. Believed to have been eradicated by the World Health Organization in 1993.